Presser device



R. STUBBS.

, PBESSER DEVICE.

7 APPLICATION FILED JAN.2I, 192!- 1,383,582. Patented July 5, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUPERT I. STUBBS, OF DELTA, PENNSYLVANIA.

rianssnn DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed January 21, 1921. Serial No. 438,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUPERT I. STUBBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delta, in the county'of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Ilewand useful Improvements in Presser Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a presser device, and the particular adaptation which I have selected for the purpose of illustration is its embodiment'in an anti-rattling device for automobile doors.

Closures of many types, which are n tended to fit into jambs or frames, as for instance the door of an automobile, are liable to sag after extended use, and the hinges caught in the presser device.

upon which such closures are mounted wear, so that a close fit of the parts is destroyed, and the closure will tend to have a certain freedom of movement resultingin a arring, rattling and noise producing move: ment of the parts with relation to each other. This is particularly objectionable in the doors of automobiles, which are sub jected to the shocking or jarring produced I by the movement'of the vehiclein its travel. The object of the invention is to provide a closure or similar element with a presser member or device which will take up such free movement due to the wearingof the parts. A further objectof the invention is to provide such a member, wherein the working parts will be concealed from view. Anotherrobject of the invention 18 the provision of an adjustable device of this type, resulting in a wide range of effectiveness and capable of taking up more and more movement as the parts wear. A still further object of the invention is theavoidance of projecting parts in such a device as will cause the clothing of a passenger to be Another object of the invention is to provide a presser device which will be neat in appearance, and one in 'which the adjustment of the parts may be accomplished without varying the spring pressure upon the movable presser element.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description and the novel features ,thereof will be particularly pointed out in ters,

sectional view of the presser device, the closure and the framework, show- I ingthe device in its operative position,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the parts of the presser member removed from the socket, in which it is ordinarily mounted, this figure showing the wear plate, which is generally used with the presser device, and

Fig. 4 is a face view of the presser device in its inoperative position.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 10 and 11 indicate two portions of structural members, and for the purpose of illustration 11 will be said to indicate the door of an automobile and 10 the framework in which the door is mounted, although it will be apparent that a reversal of these parts will be just as effective, and the presser device may as well be mounted within the door as the framework thereof.

12 is a socket or bore provided in the framework 10, in which the presser device is mounted by means of the plate 13 seated in the countersink 14 and secured therein by means of the screws 15, 15. There is a wear plate 16 mounted upon the door 11,

which is likewise placed in a countersink 17 by means of screws 18, 18. V

The presser device comprises a cylinder or barrel 19, which has'a uniform diameter throughout its length except at one end, of which the inner edge is enlarged, as shown at 20, to provide an interior annular shoulder. Vithin this barrel is contained a movable presser element 21, which in the present instance is shown as a sphere, although it will be readily understood that this presser element may have other shapes or forms;' In the barrel there is also a spring 22, which is designed to bear upon the movable presser element to hold it in the mouth of the barrel. An opposed bearing point for the spring 22 is provided in the pin or screw 23, which strad- 'dles the barrel and rests in the alined openings 24, 24, in the lower portion thereof.

The barrel is provided with screw threads upon its exterior, which extend for a major portion of its length. Mounted upon the exterior of the barrel are the securing plate 13 and a lock nut 25, both of which are provided with interior screw threads.

It will be seen that, by the construction j 'of the washer is to secure in fixed reLJ- tionship'the barrel and securing plate. 1 In Fig. 3 this fixed position of parts is shown in full lines with the upper edge of the barrel flush with the outer face of the securing plate. In this same figure in dotted lines the securing plate and lockwasher are shown in a somewhat different fixed position, in which the barrel will project slightly beyo'ndthe face of the securing plate.

In Fig. 2 the movable presser element is shown as'depressed bythe door, and it will be noted that there is but slight movement of this movable presser element-to secure the desired results. The spring 22 is quite strong'and the pressure exerted thereby is sufficient to correct the looseness or freedom of movement of the door'with respect to its plate is flush with the end of the barrel, the w framework. It will also be noted that the relationship of barrel, movable presser element and spring might be said to be con stant, that is, it is'not affected'by any adjustment of the securing plate upon the bar rel. f In assembling the parts the ball I 21 is placedfwithinthe barrel 19 and the spring placed thereon. The pin 23 is then passed through the openings 24, 24, behind the spring. In view of the strength of this spring, it may be that a special tool will be requiredto accomplish the insertion of the pin in the openings. When once inserted, however, the spring will maintain the pin in' proper position. The lock washer 25 is then screwed upon the barrel, after which the securing lateis likewise mounted upon the barrel. en the face of the securing lock washer is screwed toward the same'and brought into firm contact with the securing plate, which will effect a fixed position of the barrel andthe se'curingplate. This is thelrelative position of the parts desirable in a doorand frame which is new.

.' ,When the door becomes loose from any cause and the normal space between the door and. itsframe is increased, the position of the barrel and the securing plate must be changed to causethe barrel to project be yondthe securing plate to compensate for the increased distance between the closure V with a restricted mouth at one end, a. movable presser element withinthe barrel proand its frame' This is accomplished by removing the parts from the socket in the framework, releasing the lock washer and changing the relatlve positlon of the securing plate on the barrel, and then locking the parts in this new adjustment by advancing thelock washer into contact with the securing plate. The assemblage may then be replaced in thesocket by the screws 14, 14.

It will be understood that the device is capable of use in'many places, and that the 7 door of anautomobile may be provided with a plurality of them to avoid any liability for rattling in any direction. The device is not limited in its use to a closure which is hingedly mounted, but may aswell'bejused with those which .have a sliding fit in its frame.

In the use of the device the wear plate 16 is usually employed to avoid the wearing action :ofthe sphere 21 upon the parts of the framework, with. which'itcomes into .contact.

l/Vhile I have shown and described my;

preferred form of the invention, it will be understood that there are other embodiments thereof and that I do notv deem myself limited to any single embodiment of the inveni tionsave as is required by the appended claims.

Having described my invention,"what' I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. In a'presser device, a barrel, a spring I pressed movable presser elementin saidbar rel, a. plate mo'vably secured to said barrel, and means for securi'n position tofsaid barrel. 7 7 2. In a presser device, a barrel, a1 resiliently mounted presser element projecting from said barrel, means for securing said barrel upon a framework, and means for g said plate in a fixed 7 varying. the relative position ofsaid securing means and said barrel.

8. In a presser device, a ba'rrel, a ,resiliently mounted. presser element projecting from said barrel, a platefor securing, said barrel upona framework, and meansifor adjustingithe position of theplate and barrel and for maintaining them in any of said adjustments. r I r j 4. In a presser devl'ce, a barrel, aresiliently mounted presser element projecting from said barrel, a securing platemo'vably mounted upon the barrel, and means for locking said plate upon said barrel. 1 H

. 5. In a presser device, a barrel provided with exterior screw threads, a resiliently mounted. presser" element within thebairel, a securing plate provided with. screw threads and adaptedto be moved along the barrel,

and a nut. cooperating with 'sa'idsecuring plate and. barrel for .lockinglthe plate a @fixed osition to" said'ibarrel.

6. 'na presser device, a barrel-provided jecting through Ithe mouth thereof, means for yieldingly' maintaining said' pres,ser ele ment in its, projected position comprising a tension memberand a securingrelement therefor at the endofsaid'lbarrel opposite presser element may be projected more "or less from the face of said framework without varying the tension of said yielding means. 7

7. In a presser device, a barrel provided with a restricted mouth at one end, a spherical presser element within the barrel pro jecting through said mouth, a spring hearing upon the sphere, and a retaining pin for said spring straddling said barrel.

8. In a presser device, a barrel provided with a restricted mouth at one end and with screw threads upon its exterior, a movable presser element within the barrel projecting through the mouth thereof, a spring secured in the barrel and bearing upon said presser element, retaining means for said spring, a securing plate mounted upon said screw threaded exterior of said barrel, and a lock Washer for maintaining said barrel and securing plate in a fixed position.

In testimony whereof I afiix m si RUPERT I.

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